wheatfield in the 2012 presidential election. the 2012 field presidential election. basically from 2003 to 2006, republicans and many conservatives were loyal to bush. they adhered to more or less the bush program, including medical drugs, and i think there was a conservative case for that bill. that is another panel. but, basically, bush's job rating really crumbled in 2005 as people were watching the television violence in baghdad and new orleans, and he never really recovered. republican candidates to head mauldin themselves in the bush mold ended up not -- republican candidates who had molded themselves in the bush mold ended up not running. so you're operating in a kind of vacuum. i think there are prospects for of candidates.d congressman, is there something wrong with the process itself though? think i know some who can win a general election. is there something deterring them from getting involved? >> with my own election and other elections, what the other side is doing is to tear down that person personally. that is a tremendous burden. when you ask somebod